(Sukumar) "A crime against woman might be committed
"by one individual."
TWO YEARS AGO
"But there are many, many more responsible for the same."
Father,
say something I can understand too.
(chuckles)
I like your curiosity.
I wrote this six months ago.
(pages rustling)
"Only one had sinned in The Mahabharata.
"But sinners were many.
"Those who stood with the evil
"were just as guilty as any."
"Were just?"
"As guilty as any."
"Everyone knows
"who was wrong in the Kuru court.
"But even those were at fault
"who remained silent."
Silent...
"In the royal court, a woman was shamed.
"Along with Bhishma, Vidura and Dhritarashtra
"Gandhari was also to be blamed."
But she must've been busy cooking for her family.
How would she know what was going on?
She never visited the court.
But she did raise her son.
What did Dhritarashtra do for his son, Duryodhan?
He indulged him.
Bhishma advised him.
Vidura scolded him.
But what did Gandhari do?
(dramatic music)
(monitor beeps)
(indistinct chatter)
You were right, Pooja.
You've got the most dumbass sister-in-law.
Sorry.
(sombre music)
No more tears.
I cried a lot in the past two days.
Broke things.
(melancholy music)
(glass shatters)
(Kamlesh) I burnt photos.
(melancholy music continues)
(fire crackling)
But now I'll settle the score.
It takes me time to understand what's right.
But once I do,
I fight for it.
(tense music)
I'm keeping a record.
All those who are guilty
will be on the list.
Who all are guilty?
I've just written the first name.
(tense music rises)
KAMLESH
(theme music)
17 YEARS AGO
(ecstatic music)
For you.
(women giggling in background)
♪ Oh, please tell us Oh, please tell us ♪
♪ It's time to say the word Just say the word ♪
♪ Oh, please tell us Oh, please tell us ♪
♪ How long will you Keep her waiting? ♪
Say "I love you" to your bride.
- Come on. - Tell her.
(song playing in the background)
I...
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
(women laughing)
Tell her you love her.
♪ What will the groom say? ♪
♪ Time to find out now ♪
♪ The groom will say, love you ♪
♪ Love you, love you, love you... ♪
♪ The groom will say, love you ♪
♪ Love you, love you, love you ♪
♪ The groom will say, love you ♪
♪ Love you, love you, love you... ♪
This is your sister-in-law.
What's your name?
- Arun Kumar. - Yes, sir?
Can I see my wife in room five?
- Let me check. - Please.
- (indistinct chatter) - (pages rustling)
She was discharged this morning.
Really?
Can I get a hard copy of the bill?
- I need it for the insurance claim. - Sure, sir.
Keep it ready. I'll be right back.
- Okay, sir. - Thank you.
Excuse me, ma'am. May I come in?
What's the matter?
Sorry for coming without an appointment.
Do you have a minute?
Thank you so much.
Actually...
We just...
We just got married.
So I want to know...
When can we resume our physical relations?
You are?
I'm Arun Kumar.
My wife was in room five.
What are you doing here?
You should be rotting in jail.
- (tense music) - Look.
You're mistaking me for someone else.
- I'm Arun-- - Mrs. Pooja Kumar.
Age, 23.
Daughter of Mr. Anil Awasthi.
Two deep horizontal slashes on vaginal opening
made by a sharp blade.
Your sister-in-law almost fainted when she found out.
And you have the guts to come here and ask me
when you can resume your physical relations?
Hope you die a miserable death, you monster.
(rings bell) Raghu!
Yes, ma'am?
I don't want to see him in my cabin again.
- Take him away. - Okay.
Sir, come with me.
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music echoes)
(siren wailing)
(engine revs)
13 YEARS AGO
(upbeat music plays)
♪ Come here, my darling ♪
♪ There are no bullets in my gun ♪
♪ Come here, my darling ♪
♪ The real heat's behind my blouse ♪
♪ Get the hookah And light the pipe ♪
♪ I've got it hidden Under my dress ♪
♪ There'll be chaos If I show it to you ♪
♪ I've got it hidden Under my dress ♪
♪ There'll be chaos If I show it to you ♪
♪ If I drop the veil of my youth ♪
♪ I'll set a million hearts On fire ♪
♪ I wink and it rains money ♪
♪ I shake my hips And the city goes crazy ♪
♪ The city goes crazy It goes crazy ♪
♪ Play the music And move your body ♪
♪ I've got it hidden Under my dress ♪
♪ There'll be chaos If I show it to you ♪
♪ I've got it hidden Under my dress ♪
She's from the groom's side.
Ask Kamlesh to back out.
(guests cheering)
(song concludes)
(all cheering)
- (indistinct chatter) - (indistinct music plays)
Hot gulab jamuns for you.
Upset with me?
Because I lost on purpose?
Yes.
She's the groom's sister-in-law.
The bride's family always has to give in.
I didn't want to lose.
When will you do what you want?
When I'm from the groom's family,
I'll do whatever I want.
(Kamlesh) That was the first wrong thing I taught him.
You know...
why Arun's brother is not like him?
Why?
Because I didn't raise him.
His parents did.
This family
is not like others.
There must be a reason
why we didn't go to the police station.
We came back home.
The reason is our father-in-law.
(sombre music)
He always stands by what's right.
Let Mother be happy for now.
I'll tell everything to Father soon.
I assure you
he will have Arun arrested.
I should've done that too.
Kamlesh.
Don't blame yourself.
Men are in a position of power.
So it's on them.
Women are just victims of patriarchy.
Victims of what?
Patriarchy.
Patriarchy is a system
where everything works in favour of men.
Men might've created it,
but women keep it alive.
Just like I have.
You think, if it weren't for you...
Arun wouldn't have done this?
Maybe he would have.
But because he'd think it's right.
That it's fair.
Not because he's entitled to it.
(tense music)
(Sukumar) Love is a river that carves its way to one shore.
- (man 1) Amazing! - (man 2) What a poetry!
- Wow! - Thank you.
(Vinay) Arun.
Strict orders from Kamlesh.
No entry for men.
(bell dings)
Kamlesh!
(bangs on the door) Kamlesh!
(banging continues) Kamlesh!
Pinky, open the door.
- Where's your mom? - You're not allowed inside.
What?
It's a ladies' function.
What's this now?
My wife just got discharged from the hospital.
Your wife didn't get a heart attack.
Don't know what's up with girls these days.
Some period cramps and they end up in hospital.
You went off for honeymoon right after the wedding.
The post-wedding rituals are still due.
So I arranged for it.
Now you men stay outside.
Open the door, Grandmother.
Pinky! Open the door--
- (door slams) - (bangs on door)
What's periods?
- How old are you? - 11.
Then you'll find out soon.
Don't bother me now. Come on.
(indistinct music plays)
Our wives are inside too.
(all laugh)
12 YEARS AGO
(Arun) "Once there lived a learned man in a town.
"He was very proud of his knowledge. He thought--"
Congratulations, Mr. Bhramar.
You're going to be a grandfather.
- (pleasant music) - Wow!
Dad!
Congratulate him. He's going to be a father.
Thank you so much!
- And he's going to be an uncle. - (shouts in excitement)
(Kamlesh) My son...
...will be beautiful like you.
Be it a boy or a girl, they'll be beautiful.
I know it will be a boy.
(pleasant music)
PRATHAM
(upbeat music)
(Kamlesh) When boys see their mothers, sisters and aunts
fasting and praying for a son,
they think they're special.
A 12-year old boy is not some wrestler.
Still, when a woman goes out,
her mother-in-law says...
Kamlesh.
Take Arun with you.
(Kamlesh) Even if the boy doesn't consider himself strong,
he starts believing women are weak.
And the weak can be easily overpowered.
Arun felt he had become more important
when I had a daughter.
- Why are you crying, Kamlesh? - (Anil) She's moving her hand...
Why aren't you crying?
Didn't you hear what the doctor said?
I can't be a mother again.
So what?
We have a baby.
But it's a girl.
(Sukumar) So what if it's a girl?
It's not a curse.
Goddess Lakshmi has graced our house and she's crying.
- Look. - (Anil) Aww.
(Vinay) Come.
You're my everything.
With you around, I feel like I have a son too.
(baby crying)
(Sukumar) Kamlesh, what will we call our granddaughter?
(Vinay) How about Prathama?
And we'll call her Pinky at home.
- (Vinay) How is it? - (Sukumar) Great.
My mother's name.
You're right, Kamlesh.
We all blame men.
Rightly so.
But a little bit of responsibility rests on our shoulders too.
Say something I can understand.
I was 12 years old.
A guy in my class touched my breasts.
I told my mom.
Mom started scolding me.
(sombre music)
If she had her way,
she would've removed my breasts.
But that wasn't possible.
So she did the next best thing.
She banned me from going out of the house.
After that, I never told her anything for years.
Always hid things.
I couldn't tell her.
I was scared.
Because when I did,
she didn't listen.
When she did, she didn't believe it.
When she did believe it...
she told me to adjust.
"I'll kill myself, Pooja.
"Go back to your in-laws'."
Who will hear us out if not our mothers?
(oil spluttering)
- Bring the papers. - Okay.
- Give it to Vinay if I'm not home. - Okay.
- Send the papers. - Sure.
I'll take a look at them.
- Dad. - Yes?
I'll go in from the back door.
(Sukumar chuckles)
He can't wait to see her.
- Vinay. - Hmm?
You should go too.
Wives find all this very romantic.
He doesn't have it in him.
He hasn't even confessed his feelings.
- Mr. Bhramar. - Yes?
Explain, please.
- He's been married for 15 years. - I see.
But hasn't said "I love you" yet.
(all laugh)
(instrumental music)
(indistinct chatter)
(woman) What's this, Kamlesh?
Oh, my goodness!
Preparing the kitty party list without us?
Hey, here's the list...
Kamlesh.
It's the right thing.
- (indistinct chatter) - (music continues)
Everyone should be on the list.
(Kamlesh) All the aunties.
All the mothers.
You're only blaming the victims.
What do you want?
Simple, middle-class women to rebel?
Yes.
Men have created this myth.
That rebellion comes roaring like a lion.
It doesn't start in the wild.
It comes meowing like a cat in the kitchen.
Quiet.
And stealthy.
If a woman calls her husband by his name
and teaches her son the right things,
rebellion will begin at home.
To change the system...
a woman doesn't need to fight.
Doesn't need to join protests.
Doesn't need to attack.
She just needs to make her favourite dish.
I swear on my mother.
The day a woman cooks for herself
male dominance will take a hit.
And I'll be the one...
to start that.
The milkmaids stand by the riverside.
While Radha drifts with the rushing tide.
- Wow! - Krishna is the river, flowing wide.
It's not the fading time.
It's not the restless waves.
It's their love itself, deep and endless.
- (man 3) Wow! - (man 4) Amazing!
♪ It's time to be the wasp Ready to sting ♪
♪ Spreading her wings She soars the skies ♪
♪ For the first time The little bird flies ♪
- (tense music builds) - (indistinct chatter)
(women laughing in background)
(tense music swells)
(tense music fades out)
Kamlesh.
I haven't done anything wrong.
I...
I'm her husband.
It's my right.
I'm not doing anything wrong either.
I'm your sister-in-law.
It's my right too.
I...
I have loved you a lot.
I didn't give birth to you.
But I raised you like my own.
So...
I'll make sure you go to hell.
I'll send you to jail.
(tense music builds)
(Kamlesh sighs)
Got this sacred thread for you.
May God protect you from me.
Blessing you for one last time.
I'll punish you.
But finding redemption is on you.
♪ Not just a drop She's the sacred river ♪
♪ Spreading her wings She soars the skies ♪
♪ Not just a drop She's the sacred river ♪
♪ Spreading her wings... ♪